{"id":1367,"date":"2019-03-08T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:12:52","slug":"catholic-politicians-risking-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Catholic politicians “risking hell”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann. Hmmm about 45 years too late, but nice to hear. "Heaven starts on earth… and so does Hell."<\/em><\/strong> – Archbishop Fulton Sheen<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we can object to the actions of these public officials, we are not able to judge their souls. At the same time, we know there will be a Judgment Day,\u201d he said in a statement last week. \u201cConscious and unrepentant mortal sin endangers our eternal souls and places ourselves on a path to Hell.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Naumann said their abortion advocacy is seriously immoral. He said he felt compelled to condemn their actions so that other Catholics are not misled.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent efforts to perpetuate and expand abortion in state laws have illuminated the deplorable actions of some Catholic public officials and advocates,\u201d the archbishop said. \u201cTheir efforts to support and even celebrate such legislation will result in killing many more unborn children, as well as the spiritual and emotional wounding of their mothers and fathers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvocating for intrinsically evil acts, like abortion, is a serious immoral act \u2013 one that involves grave matter, the prerequisite for the commission of a mortal sin,\u201d Naumann said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI also have a serious obligation to protect other members of my flock from being misled by a seeming tolerance of the scandalous behavior of some Catholics in public life,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf even after an extended dialogue a Catholic in public life persists in scandalous actions, I have found it necessary to request that they not present themselves to receive Holy Communion, for their own spiritual welfare and for the protection of many others from moral confusion.<\/p>\n

He urged pro-abortion politicians to repent and seek forgiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo receive our Eucharistic Lord, while in a state of mortal sin, only further jeopardizes the eternal fate of our souls,\u201d the archbishop said. \u201cSincere repentance, a conversion of heart, and a genuine effort to make amends for the harm caused by our sin, are essential to be able to receive God\u2019s mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann. Hmmm about 45 years too late, but nice to hear. "Heaven starts on earth… and so does Hell." – Archbishop Fulton Sheen \u201cWhile we can object to the actions of these public officials, we are not able to judge their souls. At the same time, we know there will be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions\/6012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}